2/20/13

"How people go about their work, seek entertainment, and try to lead a normal life despite all the risks, attacks and violence that still haunt this city." -Agence France-Presse photographer Patrick BazIraqi models share their pictures backstage during a hairdressers' and make-up artists' festival in Baghdad on Feb. 9, 2013. It was the first time that this kind of festival had taken place in the Iraqi capital since 1999.

An Iraqi bride sits in her wedding car on Feb. 7, 2013.

A young man shows off on his motorbike during the Friday motor show in Baghdad's al-Jadriya district on Feb. 8, 2013.

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"Dressing up and Heading Out: Baghdadis Make the Most of Resurgent Social Life." NBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.